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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wire did Laughton receive?
(a) A message in code.
(b) A subpoena.
(c) A foreign threat.
(d) A notification of a friend's death.

2. How did Hammett think people would feel about Hellman's high morals?
(a) Confused.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Impressed.
(d) Unimpressed.

3. Who joined the House Committee program soon after it started.
(a) McCarthy.
(b) Hoover.
(c) Truman.
(d) Wallace.

4. What did people believe The House Committee violated?
(a) The First Amendment.
(b) Civil rights
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) Zoning codes.

5. What was a topic Hellman and Hammett rarely discussed?
(a) Other people.
(b) Literature.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Norman Cousins say at the World Peace Conference?

2. What was Hammett's role in the Civil Rights Congress?

3. How did Hammett feel about Hellman's testimony?

4. Wills sees institutions like the House Committee as what?

5. What did Hellman admire about the radicals?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Hellman nearly unaffected by the depression?

2. How did Hellman change people's approach to the McCarthy hearings when called to testify?

3. What was Hellman's stance on the Communist Party? Why?

4. Wills explains that the Cold War, like World War II, was not about fighting men or countries. What were these wars about fighting? Why was this a more formidable enemy?

5. Why did Hammett end up going to jail?

6. How did Hellman plan to approach her testimony? Why did she plan to take this action?

7. How was Gary Cooper taunting the government during his hearing?

8. How was Truman able to get reelected in 1948?

9. How did Hellman receive a rude awakening after Hammett's imprisonment?

10. In the House Committee, how did measures progress after Hoover joined?

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